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U.S. Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Serves Committee, has written a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, asking him to build the UCLASS as a strike platform with 4,000lb payload.
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By DoD photo by Capt. Jane E. Campbell, U.S. Navy. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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UH-60s from Washington National Guard took part in a Deck Landing Qualifications (DLQ) on board USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), just off the coast of Port Angeles on Mar. 24.
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Photo: PFC Brianne Patterson, JFHQ-WA,State Public Affairs Office
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Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, sat down with Navy Times and spoke on a wide range of issues such as stealth for future fighters and having a woman F/A-18 Blue Angels pilot.
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U.S. Navy photo
Elliott “Hemo” Clemence is the first U.S. Navy Reservist to be qualified as a F-35 flight instructor.
The U.S. Navy might not be able to take delivery of the first Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier next year due to a design flaw in the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG).
“AAG” by US Navy Air Systems (NAVAIR) – www.navair.gov. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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